NHSRCL Invites Bids for Tunnelling Works on Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project

The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) has invited bids for Tunnelling Works on Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project.

The scope of work include testing and commissioning for double line high-speed railway using tunnel boring machine (TBM) and new Austrian tunneling method (NATM) between Mumbai underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex (MAHSR 0.773 km) and Shilphata (MAHSR 21.150 km) in Maharashtra for the project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail.

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The work is expected to be completed in a period of 42 months.

NHSRCL is implementing the project of high speed train corridor between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

The total length of proposed High Speed Rail Corridor works out to be 508.17km.

The route of Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail will be passing through two states, Maharashtra and Gujarat and one Union Territory, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, of the Union of India.

It shall start from Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai and will end near Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad.

Out of 508.17km, 155.642 km of the proposed alignment falls in Maharashtra, 350.530 km in Gujarat and 2 km in UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

They are planning to allow passengers to enter the platform just before the scheduled departure of the train.

“We provide security consultancy to many establishments and since this will be the first bullet train project for India, NHSRCL has approached us for consultancy. We will review the security structure of (high-speed trains in) other countries and will suggest a measure accordingly,” a CISF official was quoted in the report saying.

Since all the bullet train stations will be interconnected with railway stations, RPF might be given the responsibility of security for bullet train passengers as well, NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur said.